Play Dress

A few months ago I purchased the Sienna Dress Pattern from lilblueboo and finally got around to making it. I decided to practice with my OLD t-shirts so I wouldn't ruin new cute ones if I made a mistake. I ended up using 3 different ones-The top of the dress is a Paul Frank shirt I bought and wore out forever ago, the brown skirt is an old Quicksilver shirt, and the blue one was my friend's little boy's school shirt. They coordinated pretty well I think. I thought this dress was going to be a lot harder to make than it was. When I first took a look at the pattern I was totally intimidated because I'm not very experienced when it comes to following a pattern. I still changed things a bit and did things the way they made sense to me, but stuck to the pattern as much as possible. I decided not to add the neckline because once I was trying it on her without it, I thought it looked cute, almost 80'sish the way the knit neckline rolled up. Also the hole was a little too tight for her head, LOL! I guess if we're being honest,hahaa! I was going to fix it, but like I said, I ended up liking it without the neckline. This is definitely a play dress since the t-shirts I used aren't new, but I'm excited to tackle this dress again using new shirts :) Hopefully there will be more to come in the near future...

Red Tutu with Matching Heart Leg Warmers

Yesterday I took my girlies to the mall and found Valentine socks on sale for $2 at Old Navy. I've been wanting to make Hayden some baby leg warmers for awhile and figured I should make her a pair for Valentine's Day. It was a last minute thought, but was able to whip them up in about 10 minutes! I couldn't believe how quick and easy they were to make. At around 11pm last night I had another thought that maybe I should make her a tutu to go with them so she'd look like a sweet little Valentine at church this morning. I'm really happy with the way they both turned out, especially since it was a VERY last minute project!

I hope you're all spending the day with those you love. I made a basket full of fun little things for my hubby, and will make a nice little dinner for us to eat together out on our balcony once I put the girls to bed. What are you all doing?

Felt Heart Sugar Cookies

As you may recall, I made Mia a bunch of felt food for Christmas. These cute heart cookies were part of that batch, but I thought it was fitting to share them on Valentine's weekend. I've been making hair accessories this past week, but haven't had a chance to take pictures. Will post those later! For now, enjoy the Valentine cookies :)

Had to Post This

These two little girls make me so happy. I took this picture yesterday and thought it was sweet. Hayden just turned 3 months so I took her 3 month portraits and Mia decided to jump in a few. I'm not sure how many of you know I'm a photographer, but if you're interested in seeing some of my work you can visit by clicking here.

Heart Necklace

I made Mia this heart necklace over the summer and think it's PERFECT for Valentine's Day! She wanted to wear it at her dance class today.

Valentine Heart Applique T-Shirt Tutorial

Remember I said I was thinking about making Mia a Valentine shirt to go with her skirt? Well I finished it tonight! I bought a red t-shirt at Walmart (I think it was around $3.50) and cut out three hearts. 1 Large white, 1 Medium pink, and 1 small red heart. Next I hand embroidered little x's around the edges of the red heart onto the pink one. I thought it would be cute to give each heart a different stitch design, so on the pink heart I did a whip stitch and on the white one just a regular straight stitch along the edges. I think it's easier to embroider the hearts to each other first-THEN embroider the largest heart to the T-shirt. All you need for this cute little Valentine Shirt is a scrap of white, pink, and red felt, pink embroidery floss, an embroidery needle, and a t-shirt. So easy and so cute!

Braided Bracelet with Zipper Rosette

I got the idea to make this bracelet here and here I decided to combine the two. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned. I plan to make some more of the braided fabric ones to go with my rosette headband. I need some new accessories, so it should be fun! With this bracelet, I braided sheer black fabric. If I do another of these, I may try using 6 strips of fabric instead of three to make it thicker.